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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
How I became a junky!
You have four parathyroid glands behind your thyriod on your neck. These four glands regulate calcium in your body. Most peolpe know that calcium is needed in the bones for strength what they do not know is that we need calcium in our blood as well. These glands release PTH which tells your body to absorb or release calcium. So I have no PTH in my blood to to tell my body what to do with the calcium. So if I don't eat enough calcium I crash. My body goes into one large giant charlie horse and my heart stops. Why? Because calcium is needed for muscle contraction and relaxation. This really sucks and has screwed up my life and know you get to read all about it.
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Christy, I am so proud of you, I tried to blog earlier and could not post a comment. I am trying...but "old dogs find it hard to learn new tricks"
Wow, that was easy.
So what I said eariler is that you are such an inspiration. Most people would have given up, but you decided to become the educator. You have continued to learn about your disease and have kept us all informed.
I know you are a strong woman and will not let calcium/no PTH get you down.
Thanks MOM I love you for caring so much when you have your crazy people living right by you take up alot of energy.
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